The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SoMERvILLE Journal: The woman who can
control her own tongue ia greater than he who
ruleth city. She is also scarcer.
THE Emperor William has sent 10, 900 marks
to be distributed among tho necessitous people
in the cholera stricken district of Messina.
THE New York Mail and Express hears that
fashionable boy babies whose parents intend
them to be fox hunters are now fed exclusively
on anise-seed
THOMAS U. WALTER, who recently died in
Philadelphia, aged eighty-four years, was the
designer of the dome of the Capitol and many of
the public buildings of the government.
LUDovIc HALEvY, the French author, sold
more than 100 900 copies of Gable Constan tin"
and will publish another story of trne love,
Blanche Couronne," which he describes as be-
ing ''vlrtuous to a revolving dearee"e
THE Misses Drexel, daughters of the late F.
A. Drexel, have returned to Philadelphia from a
visit to various Roman Catholic missions among
the Indians. They were much interested in the
work of the missionaries, and gave 800, 900 for
its furtherance
Town LOT MAN-s'You see these are not boom
prices. There is no boom in our lots, but a
steady, healthy growth" Speculator-ssThen
they won't do for mo- What want is an I'M
steady, unhealthy growth, so that can double
my money In month.
NEWSPAPER reporter Ito servaat)-Will you
learn if I can see Mrs Jim Gown Trotter2
Servant ION her returnl-Mrs. Trotter sends
her regrets, and has instructed me to say that,
owing to her natural seneitiveness to publicity
she will not be able to you for more than a
few moments. Walk in, please.
SAN FRANCISCO Alta: Ex-Congressman Thor
ington was examined once for promotion in the
army. To the question, Glow many British
arv warp he answered. a. sight more
than ever went back" He got promoted.
MISS LAURA WINKLER, Of Iowa, is one of the
most successful temperance workers in the
State. The fact that she is totally blind seems
no bar to her vigorous work in her favorite field,
the workshop where she maxes strong and per-
sonal appeals to men to give up liquor-drinking.
CHANcELLoR VINCENT, of the Chautauqua
University, has been presented with a gave
made from the famous signal tree which stood
on the summit of Altoona Mountains, from
which General Sherman sigualed to General
Corse, nearly. fifteen miles away, over the heads
of the confederate troops, to bold mis- position
until federal re enforcements arrived.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY, of Illinois, began his
career as a carpenter at 81 so day. After he
had worked for some time at the bench he made
a strike for the bar. After practicing law for a
while, he fought in the Mexican war. and was
one o6 the California goddgeers in '49. When
he came back from digging gold he entered the
political arena, and has been three times elected
Governor of Illinois.
THE news OF Lady Brassey's death was
nounced in London simultaneously with that Of
the jockey George Fordham. As rule, the pa
pers gave Fordham obituary notice of a col
umn or more in loaded mnion, while Lady
Brassey received less than half a column In sol
in norpareil. And when Mrs. Mulock -Craik
died she got notices Of from ten to twenty five
lines only; with her name wrongly spelled half
the time.
THE late Major Mordecai, of North Carolina,
met the Gear of Russia once and in the course
of the conversation, which was carried in
French, addressed him Monsieur" Turning
to General Mcclellan, the Major said Oh
the fellow L called him mister" The Gear,
with q smile, remarked ''Let us talk English,
and we can get along bstrer." The North Caro-
linian didn't cuss the Gear any more during that
interview
WHEN Gen. Phil Cook was presented to Miss
Winnie Davis she was alluded to the
Daughter of the Confederaey" The gallant
General was led captive at once by her beauty
and grace, and. extending his hand, said: "Miss
Winnie, am a widowsr; please enroll me as q
candidate for the position of son-in-law to the
Confederacy." This sally met with = round Of